Apple and China — From a recent story in Want China Times, “Two Percent of China's Public Consumes One-Third of World's Luxury Goods”: … When the iPhone 5C came out last month and was not “low cost”, many took it as a sign that Apple was somehow ignoring China.

Twitter Announces It Will List On The NYSE Under TWTR — Twitter has amended its S-1 filing to note that it will be listing on the New York Stock Exchange under the TWTR symbol, a detail that was omitted from the original filing. The new document was uploaded to its EDGAR archive today.

Dave Morin Laid Off 20 Percent of Path Employees Today — Dave Morin's social networking app Path laid off 13 employees today, which represents 20 percent of the company's staff. A spokesperson for the company confirmed the layoffs, saying, “We're working to realign the company to support continued innovation and Path 4.0.”

Irish Budget Proposes End to Apple Tax Shelter — Stock quotes in this article: AAPL, GOOG, MSFT — NEW YORK TheStreet — The Irish government said on Tuesday that it will consider eliminating a treatment that allows firms such as Apple (AAPL) to be taxed as a “stateless” …

Nike announces new and more colorful Nike+ FuelBand SE — Nike has announced the new Nike+ Fuelband SE at an event here in New York City. The band now has some color, with the options of yellow, pink, or red accenting an otherwise black body. — The announcement comes shortly …

Microsoft is not killing the Windows Phone back button — Recent rumors suggest that Microsoft may be planning to kill off the back button in Windows Phone 8.1. While the requirement for a hardware back button will likely be dropped, sources familiar with Microsoft's plans have revealed …

Google Fiber now explicitly permits home servers — Google Fiber's terms of service caused some controversy in July when Google found itself defending the legality of a ban on servers. After a complaint, Google told the Federal Communications Commission that its clause stating that …

Watch out AT&T: Verizon's new LTE network monster stirs in NYC — AT&T's LTE service has been beating Verizon's 4G network soundly in performance tests — as any Ma Bell marketing exec will tell you if given half a chance — but the days are numbered in which AT&T can claim the title of country's fastest network.

HTC to make future Amazon phones, according to report — Rumors of an Amazon smartphone have circulated for well over a year now, but a new report out today says that the retail giant will use HTC to make its upcoming devices. Three different smartphones are said to be in development …

Meet SecureDrop, a New Lock Box for Whistleblowers — A new way for sources to reach journalists, based on technology developed by the late activist and coder Aaron Swartz — A U.S. press freedom group has taken charge of Aaron Swartz's DeadDrop project, and is launching an open-source whistleblower submission system to the public.

Facebook's $120 Million Onavo Buy Comes With Lots of Upside — Facebook made news on Sunday night, snapping up the Tel Aviv-based mobile app analytics company Onavo. — And the price paid is nothing to sneeze at; multiple sources said that Facebook ended up paying somewhere in the neighborhood of $120 million for the company.